[angry pancake]

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

FC, you should buy this. I would fucking love to, but a bit out of my range atm. It's a $20 bill from 1928, the last year that our currency was anchored to the gold standard (after that, we switched to bills like this one which were backed by various regional federal reserve branches, as noted on the bill).

1928 $20 Twenty dollars Gold certificate note coin bill | eBay

Am I wrong for thinking a $20 gold certificate from 1928 is worth $20 as a currency in 2011? I think they're still legal tender, but for a long time they were not. AP might be off base here.